Cast metal does not bend. <G>   Someone put a homebuilt extender on the
drivers side of my '82's window crank.  It looks simple a moves the handle
away from the door.  They put 1/2" piece of black rubber hose between the
door and the handle.  It is a cross section cut of maybe 1" hose.  This
works as a spacer.  They used a longer screw to secure the handle.  This may
help someone.

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: awk! -- speakers sound great but....

My window cranks hit my Blaput speaker grills but Its just a dragging
action that scratches the speaker grills.
I've learned to live with it. I tried bending the cranks out and broke
one so that was the end of it.

Stan Wilder

On Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:13:30 -0600 Bret Berger <bret@STONEFLYTECH.COM>
writes:
> Listmembers,
>
> On the advice of someone's previous post to this list, I purchased a
> pair of
> Kenwood KFC-1068S speakers to replace the stock speakers in the
> doors of my
> 1982 diesel Westfalia.  (In concert with the installation of an
> AIWA
> stereo/CD/MP3 player).  I installed everything and put the doors
> back
> together to discover that the speaker grilles now interfere with the
> turning
> of the window handles!  As I sat there pondering this, a vague
> memory of
> someone else on the list mentioning the interference problem came to
> me.  I
> now assume the listmember who suggested the Kenwood speakers has
> power
> windows.
>
> My question then:  Can anyone suggest a work around short of
> replacing the
> speakers.  One possible solution that came to me is to attach enough
> washers
> underneath the screw on the window handle that it would raise it
> away from
> the speaker grille.  Has anyone else solved this problem?
>
> -bret
>
> 1982 diesel Westfalia
> Saint George, Utah
>
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